Roll Call 2022 Press Release – June 24, 2022
Annual Scorecard Released: Identifies Maryland’s Pro-Business/Pro-Jobs Legislators COLUMBIA, MD, June 24, 2022 – The Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation (Maryland Free), a statewide, nonpartisan, non-profit organization, has released the 2022 edition of its annual...
Maryland Enacts Paid Family Medical Leave: What Does this Mean for Maryland Businesses…and Employees?
Tax Time (and Time Again): An Interview with KatzAbosch CEO Mark Cissell
Time flies when you’re having fun. And, it seems, when you have the opportunity to consult with clients about their businesses and financial results. Just ask Mark Cissell, who joined Maryland accounting firm KatzAbosch back in 1985. Over the next 37 years, the...
The Power Behind the Policy: Reliability, Responsiveness, and the Future of Energy with Pepco’s Tami Watkins
Few can pinpoint the exact moment the trajectory of their life changed forever. Tami Watkins has a framed photo of the occasion in her office at Pepco. “It’s a picture of me and my dad on Capitol Hill,” Watkins says. “When I was 9 years old, my father took us all on a...
How to Help the Legislature Improve Maryland’s Economy
The Power of Persistence: Paul Clary Talks the Tricks (and Treats) of Entrepreneurship
Paul Clary is the co-founder of MD Energy Advisors, an energy solutions company that provides management, procurement, and efficiency services to commercial, residential, and government clients throughout the state. But growing up in the suburbs outside of Washington,...
Tax the Poor!
The Compounding Effects of Legislative Policy and Pandemic Closures on Maryland’s Business Climate
July 29, 2021 Roll Call 2021 Press Release
Annual Scorecard Released: Identifies Maryland’s Pro-Business/Pro-Jobs Legislators COLUMBIA, MD, July 26 – The Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation (Maryland Free), formerly known as Maryland Business for Responsive Government (MBRG), a statewide, nonpartisan,...
The Service Behind the Safeguards: Discussing Security Details with Secom, LLC’s Mike Toomey
For Mike Toomey, the most important lesson about being a security integrator came while he was cutting his teeth in the restaurant industry right out of college: customer service is everything. Today, as the president of Secom, LLC – one of Maryland’s highest-rated...